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Movie Overview
Cast
• Yacef Saadi
• Jean Martin
• Brahim Haggiag
Director
• Gillo Pontecorvo
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Battle of Algiers (1966)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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A+
"The same power it had 40 years ago is still evident."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"'The Battle of Algiers' serves potent warning to those who envision warfare, or any Western-dictated settlement, in areas so hungry and so foreign."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Donald J. Levit

A-
"Staged with almost newsreel precision but presented with the punch of a great political thriller..despite being half a century old, still has a powerful and pertinent message."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

4/4
"what really resonates on watching Algiers is its message about the widespread loss of civilian life and the staggering destruction to civic infrastructure as the heaviest costs of war"  Perihelion Journal  Jay Antani

A
"plays like a mesmerizing action thriller that derives from the best traditions of Hollywood. "  Old School Reviews  John A. Nesbit

A
"gripping, relevant cinema...Irish film, "Bloody Sunday," borrowed its entire structure from "Algiers.""  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3.5/4
"The Battle of Algiers still resonates today, and probably always will"  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

10/10
"One of the essential works of world cinema."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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